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Wylie council approves abandoning small right-of-way despite concern over $10,000 offer
Summary
Council voted 6-1 to abandon a triangular city-owned right-of-way adjacent to 1201 East Stone Road so the owner can combine it with his lot and later subdivide; several council members questioned whether the applicant’s $10,000 offer reflected fair market value and flagged future maintenance and thoroughfare needs.
The Wylie City Council voted April 14 to approve an ordinance abandoning a small parcel of city-owned right-of-way in the Mill Creek Estates addition, allowing the owner of 1201 East Stone Road to combine the strip with his property and eventually subdivide it into new residential lots.
Mr. Haskins, the city staff presenter, said the applicant provided an appraisal and offered $10,000 for the parcel and that engineering, fire, planning and utilities had signed off on the proposed abandonment. "The applicant is looking at that property there as almost 2 acres ...…
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